Former diplomats gather in Minneapolis to discuss nuclear proliferation amid war in Iran

A group of former diplomats and foreign policy experts shared a stage Tuesday in Minneapolis to discuss a sobering topic: the potential spread of nuclear weapons around the world. The “Great Decisions Conference” by the organization Global Minnesota comes during a tense moment in global security. Nuclear weapons are a major part of the equation in the United States’ and Israel’s war with Iran. And a nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired earlier this year. Mary Curtin, one of the panelists and a former diplomat-in-residence at the University in Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to talk about the gathering.